monkeypox in the united states has thousands scrambling for vaccines. we look at whether a new strategy is needed. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. glad to have you with us. breathing new life into u.s. president joe biden s domestic agenda after the senate passed the democrats climate, healthcare and tax package officially known as the inflation reduction act and as we ll hear the report, it was no easy task to get all democrats on board. reporter: democrats are on the verge of a massive victory with less than 100 days before midterm elections. the senate voted on sunday along party lines to approve a sweeping economic package and this vote came after a marathon voting session that began saturday evening and lasted into the next day. this bill includes a number of key democratic priorities. it includes a historic investment of nearly $370 billion for the climate. it would allow medicare to negotiate drug prices. it would extend expirin
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we appreciate it. stick around. we ll talk to you again in a few minutes on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. to do something with 50 votes is rough. to do small things with 50 votes is rough. to pass such a major piece of legislation with only 50 votes, republican minority, a caucus running from bernie sanders to joe manchin, wow. senate majority leader chuck schumer after the senate passed a sweeping climate health care and tax bill, putting democrats on the verge of another major win ahead of the midterms. republicans also scored a win for big pharma. we ll explain. donald trump s republican party gathered in dallas for cpac this weekend, where the big lie was on full display. along with an incredibly ridiculous guest and this is not the one i m talking about. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 8th. with joe and me, we have corresponde
biggie said, getting physical like olivia newt. there s a million references and reflections. appreciate you doing the shout-out, sir. all right, man. have a nice night. do a good show. thank you, john. welcome to the beat, everyone. i am ari melber. let me start with this question is there evidence to support indicting former president trump? and what would that legal step entail? would it be unprecedented? why is this in the news tonight? we have answers we think to those questions in our new special report that s come up tonight in this program after our top story. we begin with the breakthrough for president biden. that is a top story, and by now everyone in the news and politics knows about this. it is a big deal any way you cut it. the senate passing the bill that s supposed to cut inflation, cut drug prices with new negotiating measures for medicare. democrats on offense today making public appearances throughout the nation to tout the very moment when the bill
inflation reduction act after a republican amendment in the vote-a-rama past with democrats like kristen sinema, voting in favor of it. this is making the legislative marathon even longer as republicans continue to try to make this process as painful as possible. democrats are painting the eventual expected passage of the bill as a major victory, hailing what is in it for the american people. vote after vote after vote we have done this with no sleep 11 hours straight. why? because we know this bill is finally going to do something about climate change. lift the ban on negotiating less expensive drugs under medicare. and then as the name of the bill says, bring inflation down by 305 billion dollars a deficit reduction. oil need 50 votes. we don t need 60 we don t need any republican votes to do something significant for working families in this country. unfortunately, for fairly well known reasons we have conservative democrats. we couldn t get the 50 votes that we need r